Chapter II: Preface: v

FOREWORD: ENTERING THE WAR xiii

PART ONE

THE FIGHTING FORCES

SECTION I. ON LAND

CHAPTER

I. THE MAKING OF THE ARMY 3

II. HOUSING THE SOLDIERS AND THEIR SUPPLIES 20

III. FEEDING AND EQUIPPING THE ARMY 24

IV. CREATING A MUNITIONS INDUSTRY 34

V. CARING FOR THE WOUNDED 48

VI. THE WELFARE OF THE SOLDIERS 59

VII. MAINTAINING THE ARMY IN FRANCE 70

VIII. AT THE FRONT 83